Photo from "The Bachelor" by Eric SchultzHuntsville's Stephanie Hogan reacts to "The Bachelor" Jason Mesnick after not receiving a rose during Monday's show.

Huntsville's Stephanie Hogan made it to the top five women in ABC's "The Bachelor," but she didn't receive a rose tonight, causing her to leave Los Angeles still single.

Hogan, who admitted she'd never watched the show before this season, was nominated by friends to be on the show after her husband died in a plane crash in Huntsville about three and a half years ago.

She left her 4-year-old daughter in Huntsville while she filmed the show last fall in Los Angeles. After making it into the final five, she left after spending time with Jason Mesnick in his home town of Seattle, Wash.

Through tears, Mesnick told Hogan - in front of the other girls - how much she meant to him.

"You are the most amazing person I've ever met," Mesnick said. "I think we are all better people because of meeting you here."

As the other girls cried, showing their sadness about Hogan leaving, Mesnick continued. "You are a beautiful person, outside and in," he said. "I'm so glad to have met you."

After spending time with each of them in Seattle, he admitted concerns about some of the women, but not Hogan.

After the emotional rose ceremony, Hogan said to Mesnick and the other women, "I'm just glad I could be a part of this. If my story could reach anybody, I'm so glad it did."

"You are an incredible man," she continued to tell Mesnick. "I wish you the best. One of you girls make this man really happy."

As he walked her outside, Hogan said she was afraid this might happen.

"I could see in your eyes, the spark might not be there," she said to Mesnick.

"Without a doubt, this was the hardest decision I've had to make so far," Mesnick said to the camera after letting Hogan go.

"You're such a giving person, and I want someone to give that to you," he said to her.

Hogan handled leaving with more grace and elegance than any of the 15 women before her.

"If it's meant to be, it will be," she said in the limousine after not getting a rose.

Following Monday's show, Hogan told The Times she had no regrets about going on the show.

"I'm thankful for the whole experience," she said. "I couldn't ask for more.".